Interim Palace teams report for Tuesday...
Two Finals!!!
Casuals hosted the League leaders and turned in a superb performance for a 2-0 win. Petrovski and Hansen (pen) scored before the break and the team coasted through the second-half as the visitors failed to impress. A first for the Casuals (in 25 seasons!) - a foul in the area from a corner:
The League win supercharged the whole club as they travelled for the Cup Semi-Final 2nd Leg match, hoping to overturn a 0-2 deficit from the 1st Leg. After a goal-less first-half, Casuals turned on the turbo-chargers after the break and Hansen (2) and Cashman netted for a 3-0 score, qualifying for the Final with a 3-2 win on aggregate. The man-of-the-day was Omar Hansen, 3 goals and 2 MoM awards. League table after Round 22:
Terriers hosted the 4th-place team in the League and were defeated 0-1 in an exciting end-to-end contest, the visitors taking the spoils with a 50th minute goal. Putting their League disappointment aside, Terriers applied themselves to defending a 3-0 advantage in the Cup Semi-Final 2nd Leg. Defending heavily, they snuffed out any scoring ambitions of their opponents, and scored themselves with a quarter-hour to go, Julien van der Plas netting a thundering drive. Terriers qualify for the Cup Final with a 4-0 aggregate score...